When should my Yorkie puppy start grooming and what's involved?

Thank you for submitting your question regarding Bailey. I typically recommend grooming appointments once puppies have completed their vaccinations. I believe it helps it get them used to frequent grooming while they are still young and more impressionable. I find they are not scared to go as adults, if they have been exposed to it since a young age. The hair clipping can be less (and faster) as puppies as opposed to waiting until she has a long matted coat at a year of age. This will make her first grooming experience more enjoyable. I hope this information helps!

I am not sure I understand your question. It is ok to have a puppy groomed but ideally all the vaccines would be finished before that happens just to decrease exposure. It's also ok if the vet shaves off the fur. It will grow back. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

Training can begin at early as now! However, if you want to enroll Molly into professional training, most trainers and classes require that dogs have at least their rabies vaccine. Dogs can get their rabies vaccines at 4 months old (16 weeks old).

I typically recommend waiting until a kennel cough (Bordetella) vaccine has been given, but otherwise as long as the groomer requires that all animals are vaccinated it is not too early to see a groomer. In fact, it can be helpful for a younger puppy to be groomed in order to get used to being handled in this way during the prime socialization period between 8-12 weeks of age.

Hello and welcome to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Starting gentle grooming at a young age is a good idea to train Mimi that grooming is OK and good. I would start by just having the instruments (clippers, nail trimmers, etc) near her, and touching her, but not on and not actually trimming or clipping. With this include lots of positive praise and treats. Playing with her toes and nails with your hands on a regular basis helps as well. You can then start grooming in small unstressful bits of time. Best of luck with Mimi.

As long as the puppy has started its vaccination series, deworming can be done at any time. If deworming is not done right away, this does not cause any increases risk in contracting a fatal parasite. Once an adequate diet has begun, normal bowel movements should occur. Just be sure there are no other health concerns before getting this puppy and the health history of the mom and dad. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction.

Yorkies can be somewhat protective, as all terriers can, however they don't have a reputation for being aggressive. I'm assuming your considering getting a Yorkie puppy, and if so you can get her off to a good start by selecting a breeder that takes measures to properly socialize the puppies before they leave their mother. This includes exposing them to humans of all sizes, so that they are comfortable with people. As soon as your puppy has had all of his/her puppy shots (16 weeks) you can enroll in a "puppy kindergarten" class, and this helps to establish good behavior and manners from the start.